Editing 1997 Welsh devolution referendum (section)

==Result==
{{Referendum
| title          = 1997 Welsh devolution referendum
| option1        = '''I agree that there should be a Welsh Assembly'''<br />'''''Yr wyf yn cytuno y dylid cael Cynulliad i Gymru'''''
| yes            = 559,419
| yespct         = 50.30
| option2        = {{nowrap|I do not agree that there should be a Welsh Assembly}}<br />''Nid wyf yn cytuno y dylid cael Cynulliad i Gymru''
| no             = 552,698
| nopct          = 49.70
| valid          = 1,112,117
| validpct       = 99.64
| invalid        = 3,999
| invalidpct     = 0.36
| total          = 1,116,116
| turnoutpct     = 50.22
| electorate     = 2,222,533
| noicons        = yes
| source         = 
}}

Note: In Wales under the [[Welsh Language Act 1993]] the Welsh language has equal status with the English language.

{{Referendum bar
| title = National referendum

| text1       = Agree/''Cytuno''
| vote1       = 559,419
| background1 = #bfd
| textcolor1  = #000

| text2       = Disagree/''Anghytuno''
| vote2       = 552,698
| background2 = #fdd
| textcolor2  = #000
}}

The overall result was declared in the [[Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama|Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama]] in Cardiff. The proceeding officer was Professor [[Eric Sunderland]]. The results of all 22 local authority areas were announced individually, and the result was close enough that everything in fact hung on the announcement from [[Carmarthenshire]], which carried the Yes vote.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/politics97/devolution/wales/live/index.shtml |title=Welsh Referendum |publisher=bbc.co.uk |access-date=2017-09-18}}</ref> The difference between the 'agree' and 'disagree' vote was 6,721.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-politics-40947872|title=How Welsh devolution has evolved over two decades|date=18 September 2017|via=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>

===Results by unitary authority===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Council Area
! rowspan=2 | Turnout
! colspan=2 | Votes
! colspan=2 | Proportion of votes
|-
! Agree<br />''Cytuno''
! Disagree<br />''Anghytuno''
! Agree<br />Cytuno
! Disagree<br />''Anghytuno''
|-
|{{yes2|}}
|[[Anglesey]]
|56.9%
|{{yes2|'''15,649'''}}
|15,095
|{{yes2|'''50.9%'''}}
|49.1%
|-
|{{yes2|}}
|[[Blaenau Gwent]]
|49.3%
|{{yes2|'''15,237'''}}
|11,928
|{{yes2|'''56.1%'''}}
|43.9%
|-
|{{yes2|}}
|[[Bridgend]]
|50.6%
|{{yes2|'''27,632'''}}
|23,172
|{{yes2|'''54.4%'''}}
|45.6%
|-
|{{yes2|}}
|[[Caerphilly]]
|49.3%
|{{yes2|'''34,830'''}}
|28,841
|{{yes2|'''55.7%'''}}
|44.3%
|-
|{{no2|}}
|[[Cardiff]]
|46.9%
|47,527
|{{no2|'''59,589'''}}
|44.4%
|{{no2|'''55.6%'''}}
|-
|{{yes2|}}
|[[Carmarthenshire]]
|56.4%
|{{yes2|'''49,115'''}}
|26,119
|{{yes2|'''65.5%'''}}
|34.5%
|-
|{{yes2|}}
|[[Ceredigion]]
|56.8%
|{{yes2|'''18,304'''}}
|12,614
|{{yes2|'''59.2%'''}}
|40.8%
|-
|{{no2|}}
|[[Conwy]]
|51.5%
|18,369
|{{no2|'''26,521'''}}
|40.9%
|{{no2|'''59.1%'''}}
|-
|{{no2|}}
|[[Denbighshire]]
|49.7%
|14,271
|{{no2|'''20,732'''}}
|40.5%
|{{no2|'''59.5%'''}}
|-
|{{no2|}}
|[[Flintshire]]
|41.0%
|17,746
|{{no2|'''28,707'''}}
|38.2%
|{{no2|'''61.8%'''}}
|-
|{{yes2|}}
|[[Gwynedd]]
|59.8%
|{{yes2|'''35,425'''}}
|19,859
|{{yes2|'''64.1%'''}}
|35.9%
|-
|{{yes2|}}
|[[Merthyr Tydfil]]
|49.5%
|{{yes2|'''12,707'''}}
|9,121
|{{yes2|'''58.2%'''}}
|41.8%
|-
|{{no2|}}
|[[Monmouthshire]]
|50.5%
|10,592
|{{no2|'''22,403'''}}
|32.1%
|{{no2|'''67.9%'''}}
|-
|{{yes2|}}
|[[Neath Port Talbot]]
|51.9%
|{{yes2|'''36,730'''}}
|18,463
|{{yes2|'''66.5%'''}}
|33.5%
|-
|{{no2|}}
|[[Newport, Wales|Newport]]
|45.9%
|16,172
|{{no2|'''27,017'''}}
|37.5%
|{{no2|'''62.5%'''}}
|-
|{{no2|}}
|[[Pembrokeshire]]
|52.6%
|19,979
|{{no2|'''26,712'''}}
|42.8%
|{{no2|'''57.2%'''}}
|-
|{{no2|}}
|[[Powys]]
|56.2%
|23,038
|{{no2|'''30,966'''}}
|42.7%
|{{no2|'''57.3%'''}}
|-
|{{yes2|}}
|[[Rhondda Cynon Taff]]
|49.9%
|{{yes2|'''51,201'''}}
|36,362
|{{yes2|'''58.5%'''}}
|41.5%
|-
|{{yes2|}}
|[[Swansea]]
|47.1%
|{{yes2|'''42,789'''}}
|39,561
|{{yes2|'''53.0%'''}}
|47.0%
|-
|{{no2|}}
|[[Torfaen]]
|45.5%
|15,756
|{{no2|'''15,854'''}}
|49.8%
|{{no2|'''50.2%'''}}
|-
|{{no2|}}
|[[Vale of Glamorgan]]
|54.3%
|17,776
|{{no2|'''30,613'''}}
|35.5%
|{{no2|'''64.5%'''}}
|-
|{{no2|}}
|[[Wrexham]]
|42.4%
|18,574
|{{no2|'''22,449'''}}
|44.3%
|{{no2|'''55.7%'''}}
|}